Based on a comparison of 38 countries in 2022, USA ranked the highest in number of female physicians with 336,429 persons followed by Germany and Spain. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 803 persons, Estonia with 3,336 persons and Slovenia with 4,510 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Female Physicians indicator page.
| Number of Female Physicians | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | persons | ... | 35,121 | 37,318 | 39,104 | 41,275 | 43,255 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 41,252 | 42,652 | 44,904 | 46,227 | 47,550 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44,530 | 47,589 | 51,161 | 54,708 | 58,055 | ... | |
| France | persons | 90,717 | 93,354 | 95,497 | 98,221 | 100,395 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 159,433 | 163,810 | 168,169 | 173,898 | 178,566 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 99,339 | 102,218 | 103,260 | 105,852 | 105,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64,760 | ... | 68,775 | ... | 74,368 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 32,280 | 33,699 | 35,177 | 36,735 | 38,433 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 52,422 | 51,318 | 51,291 | 72,659 | 73,113 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | persons | 27,052 | 28,239 | 29,501 | 30,739 | 31,995 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Romania | persons | ... | ... | 38,892 | 40,038 | 41,656 | 43,472 | 45,238 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 96,465 | 99,866 | 105,733 | 117,133 | 122,733 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | persons | 57,880 | 59,947 | 61,197 | 65,253 | 70,632 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 296,984 | 306,494 | 311,347 | 320,457 | 326,733 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 83,885 | 87,752 | 91,797 | 95,171 | 99,795 |
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